its never too late to say thank you. i completed this trade with jim (gcrl) back last summer and somehow never posted the spoils. i think i scanned the cards and got caught up in going on vacation, kids birthdays, back to school, etc... you're not here for excuses but for the cards.
i have never traded with jim before even though my blogging career stretches back to 2009 and him predating that. ive been a follower of his various blogs over the years but never reached out to see if we could swap some cards. i'm glad we were able to help each other out with our respective collections.
back when the conlon collection came out ('91-'95), i was between 8 and 13 years old and i was definitely not interested in collecting cards of "old guys". even vintage from the 50's, 60s, and 70s i shunned in favor of '91 donruss, '92 fleer, '93 upper deck.... obviously, my appreciation of players from the pre-war era had grown over the years. what's old is new to me. i decided to complete the entire run of conlon collection and binder-ize it. the whole 1430 card run fits snuggly into a 5 inch binder, even though i'm missing a few cards from the 92, 93, 94 sets and all of '95. '95 is especially tough to find for a good price. i'm guessing they didn't print much of it. either way, jim was able to send a couple needs from the set including the zach wheat i scanned below.
another 2 sets i'm working on completing (again) are the '07 and '08 upper deck masterpieces. i purged pretty much all of my complete sets probably about 7 or 8 years ago and both masterpieces sets were part of the liquidation. i missed this classic set so i started working on them again as i found random singles in dime and quarter boxes. i don't think i'll find the '08 sp's in the dime boxes, but you never know, ive found some real gems value shopping. this koufax would look great signed and I think that lance berkman is a criminally underrated player.
gypsy queen had some great insert sets over the years and i think one of the most memorable is the 2 year run of dealing aces was probably my favorite. can't complain with getting a insert of kid k. i'm also working on several other gq inserts sets. check my lists.
the revival of the black gold inserts by topps really caught by my nostalgia bone. since i was a child of the 90's seeing black gold cards really brings me back. i'm working on that original run of black gold sets as well as the current run out of tipps update. out of this current run of sets, i think that 2023 is my favorite design:
jim also included a few random o's cards from various years that ended up in my team set binders. i have separate pc binders of certain o's players including cal and mike so i end up doubling up on the hofers when it comes to my whole collection.
sorry jim, that it took so long to publicly say thanks for the great additions to my collection!
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